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YORK NECROLOGY. 

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Copied from "A Book of Mortality" in possession 
of Mr. J. H. Moody, parish clerk, York, Me., consist- 
ing of four sheets of letter paper inscribed as above. 
The paper is yellow with age, and the name of the 
writer is not given, although after the name of Mr. 
Abram Lunt are the words " my ho. father," (a sub- 
sequent entry) and a later death is recorded as " my 
hon'd mother." The fourteen inside pages are closely 
written and the deaths are numbered in chronological 
order, commencing with number 82 in 1775 and clos- 
ing with number 494 in 1804. On the two outside 
pages are recorded the deaths of nine persons in 1806 
and 1807, also the deaths of five negroes, between 1789 
and 1807. For convenience of reference this copy is 

arranged alphabetically. 

Marquis F. King. 

Adams, Abigail, April 7, 1798, an aged maiden. 

Adams, Abram, November 12, 1801, at West Indies. 

Adams, Miss Hannah, January 29, 1800. 

Adams, Mr. Nathaniel, Oct. 15, 1799. 

Adams, Mr. Thomas, January, 1799. 

Austin, the wife of Benjamin, August 26, 1794. 

Austin, Mrs. Ichabod, October 26, 1803, very suddenly. 

Austin, Mr. Joseph, March 4, 1779. 

Austin, Joseph, April 12, 1785. 

Austin, Mr. Mathew, October 21, 1776. 

Austin, widow Mercy, January 15, 1802. 



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Caswell, the wife of William, January 25, 1802, age 80. 

Ceaser, negro, October 27, 1800, drowned himself. 

Chase, Edward, third son of Josiah, February 26, 1793, occa- 
sioned by a stick of wood falling upon his head. 

Chase, the aged widow, October 23, 1799, at her son's. 

Chatman, widow, May 3, 1802, at I. Ingersol's. 

Clark, widow Dorothy, February, 1780. 

Clark, Mr. Daniel, August 15, 1795, of fever. 

Clark, Samuel, September 17, 1778. 

Clark, Samuel, October 19, 1786. 

Clements, widow Sarah, May 16, 1785. 

Caning, 2nd wife of Dr. Oliver, December 31, 1806. 

Coyer, the wife of Edward, April 19, 1786. 

Coyer, Mr. Edward and his son Edward were drowned coming 
into the harbor from the Shoals, Sunday, February 25, 1788. 

Crosby, Mr. Stephen, July 19, 1780, coming from the West 
Indies. 

Darby, Ebenezer, March 11, 1781. 

Darby, Mr. Silas, December 23, 1782. 

Demsey, James, February 28, 1785. 

Demsey, widow, February 20, 1789. 

Donnell, Capt. James, July 31, 1784. 

Donnell, Mrs. Jemima, April 27, 1786. 

Donnell, Mr. Jeremiah, August 29, 1804, of consumption. 

Donnell, Mr. Jonathan, October 27, 1898. 

Donnell, widow Mary, January 27, 1789. 

Donnell, Nathaniel, Esq., February 9, 1780. 

Donnell, Mr. Nathaniel, October 28, 1783. 

Donnell, the wife of Samuel, September 13, 1788. 

Donnell, Mr. Samuel, May 27, 1799, age 82. 

Donnell, Mr. Timothy, July 28, 1802, dropsy. 

Downs, Joseph, son of S., April 1, 1789. 

Downs, the aged widow, November 14, 1791. 

Dunning, Mr. William, June 13, 1783. 

Elingwood, widow, November 28, 1788. 

Emerson, the wife of Edward, May 14, 1793. 

Emerson, the wife of Edward, February 28, 1799. 



Emerson, Edward, Jr., Esq., October 13, 1803, shot himself. 

Emerson, Ruthy of Newlniryport, died at York, September 27, 
1782. 

Farnham, Mr. Jonathan, December 18, 1800. 

Fletcher, Mr. John, August 23, 1793. 

Foster, widow, June 14, 1776. 

Freethy, Mr. Samuel, June 2, 1800. 

Frost, Timothy, Esq., September 26, 1783. 

Furlong, Mrs. Lucy, daughter of Mr. Grant, December 6, 1804. 

Gilman, widow, January 8, 1780. 

Goodwin, the wife of Ameziah, March 2, 1778. 

Goodwin, the aged widoAv, April 24, 1797, aged 98. 

Grant, the wife of Daniel, July 21, 1779. 

Grant, Daniel, April 4, 1784. 

Grant, Mr. Joseph, September, 1778. 

Grant, the wife of Mr. Joseph, November 4, 1792, soon after 
child birth. 

Grant, a son of Joseph, August 17, 1798. 

Grant, widow Mary, April 12, 1784. 

Grant, widow Mercy, May 1, 1793. 

Grant, Olive, July 14, 1787. 

Grant, Mr. Peter, May 15, 1780. 

Grant, the wife of Stephen, November 28, 1802, of consumption. 

Grow, Col. Edward, May 5, 1785. 

Grow, Capt. William, February 2, 1796. 

Grow, Capt. William, November 3, 1797. 

Harmon, the wife of John, jr., August 20, 1795. 

Harmon, the wife of Capt. John, May 9, 1802. 

Harmon, Mr. Nathaniel, January 7, 1797. 

Harmon, Capt. Thomas, June 11, 1800. 

Harmon, Theodore, October 4, 1801. 

Harmon, Mr. Zebulon, jr., September 14, 1798. 

Harmon, the wife of Zebulon, December 4, 1804. 

Harris, Joannah, July 10, 1797, of fever. 

Harris, Capt. Samuel, November 22, 1793, age 72, found dead 
in the pasture, supposed to have died in a fit. 

Hains, the wife of Thomas, May 28, 1801. 



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Haynes, widow Mehitable, April 13, 1786. 

Hayse, widow, November 6, 1789, age 84. 

Hicks, widow, March 8, 1801. 

Hill, the wife of James, February 5, 1778. 

Hill, Nathaniel, March 10, 1797. 

Hill, widow Rebecca, February 6, 1800. 

Hill, widow, April 4, 1779. 

Hill, William, January 15, 1778. 

Hilton, a daughter of Eliakim', December 22, 1793. 

Hilton, Mr. Eliakim, July 26, 1799. 

Holt, Joseph, jr., August 5, 1783. 

Holt, Capt. Joseph, May 9, 1784. 

Holt, widow Jerusha, September 6, 1802. 

Horn, widow, February 12, 1782. 

Horn, Mr. Joseph, September 8, 1795. 

Horn, widow, July 2, 1799. 

Howell, Arthur, May 26, 1779, of small-pox. 

Hunt, Mr. William, May 4, 1801. 

Ingersol, the wife of George, September 15, 1793. 

Ingersol, the wife of George, April 25, 1802. 

Ingraham, Mr. Edward, at Kittery, March 6, 1807. 

Jacobs, Woodman, May 8, 1781, of small-pox. 

Johnson, the wife of Benjamin, March 4, 1799. 

Johnson, the wife of Daniel, July 7, 1804. 

Junkins, Alexander, October, 5, 1782. 

Junkins, Mr. Daniel, May 13, 1792. 

Junkins, Capt. John, March 3, 1783. 

Junkins, Mr. Samuel, February 7, 1791, of cancer. 

Keeting, Richard, July 10, 1783. 

Kerswell, the wife of William, late Abigail Varrell, August 3, 
1795, of fits. 

Kimball, Mrs. Al)igail, November 27, 1802, of consumption. 

King, Mary, June 22, 1799. 

Knox, General at Thomaston, October 26, 1806, age 57, occa- 
sioned by his swallowing a chicken bone. 

Langdon, the wife of Rev. Samuel, May 4, 1776. 

Langdon, Rev. Samuel, December 19, 1794. 



Langdon, widow, December 21, 1802, age 82. 

Larrabee, widow, May 13, 1790, at J. Main's. 

Leavitt, the wife of Dea. Jer'y., January 2, 1793. 

Lewis, Lydia, June 13, 1797. 

Lewis, Mr. Nathaniel, December, 1781. 

Lindsey, Capt. John, November 12, 1801, at West Indies. 

Lindsey, widow, November 10, 1776. 

Lindsey, Polly, November 6, 1791, of consumption. 

Linscott, Mr. Jeremy, December 22, 1798. 

Linscott, Mr. Samuel, September 19, 1802. 

Littlefield, Josiah and Levi, jr.. May 16, 1807, drowned attempt- 
ing to land at Ogunquit. 

Lord, Mr. Jeremiah, December 11, 1801, drowned at Cape 
Nedick. 

Low, Mr. Joseph, jr., August 17, 1806, at Mr. Thomas Louis'. 

Low, Timothy, son of T., May 18, 1804. 

Low, "William, November 3, 1799. 

Lovell, widow. May 25, 1784, 

Lunt, Mr. Abram, January 9, 1783, my ho. father. My 
honored mother, January 17, 1796, age 83. 

Lunt, Abraham, November 12, 1801, at West Indies. 

Lunt, the wife of Henry, August 4, 1788. 

Lyman, Dick, April 12, 1807. 

Lyman, Dr. Job, March 29, 1791. 

Lyman, Ruth, June, 1785. 

Mahone, the wife of Thomas, November 26, 1778. 

Main, Mr. John, May 26, 1802. 

Main, widow of Joseph, December 9, 1797, age 89. 

Mclntire, Capt. Alexander, May 9, 1786. 

Mclntire, Mr. Alexander, July 20, 1804. 

Mclntire, Mr. Daniel, December 23, 1787. 

Mclntire, Mr. Ebenezer, April 4, 1796. 

Mclntire, Capt. Jno., February 19, 1785. 

McIntire,^ the wife of Samuel, January 9, 1799. 

Mclntire, Samuel, July 24, 1801, of cancer. 

Mclntire, Tobias, April 12, 1797, of sraall-pox. 

Milbery, Elder, Sej)tember 26, 1777. 



Milbery, George, son of Capt. Samuel, October 16, 1788. 

Milbery, Capt. Samuel, November 12, 1795. 

MilHns, widow, December 27, 1801, suddenly. 

Morse, Elizabeth, wife of Humphrey, at Newbury, November 
2, 1806, my sister. 

Moody, the wife of Elias, May 23, 1802. 

Moody, the wife of Joseph, September 23, 1797. 

Moody, the wife of Samuel, June 5, 1788. 

Moody, Mr. Samuel, December 17, 1795, at Exeter. 

Moody, the wife of Thomas, jr., March 31, 1802. 

Moore, Mrs. Sarah, at J. Grant, December 20, 1804. 

Moore, Mr. Thomas, February 21, 1804, age 84. 

Moore, Mr. William, December 25, 1781. 

Moore, the wife of William, January 12, 1782. 

Moore, William, son of John, December 25, 1807, drowned going 
to the West Indies. 

Moulton, Capt. Abel, March 4, 1784. 

Moulton, the Avife of Daniel, Esq., June 22, 1796. 

Moulton, Capt. Daniel, October 29, 1798. 

Moulton, widow of Capt. Daniel, November 23, 1798. 

Moulton, Dorcas, September 16, 1777. 

Moulton, the wife of Ebeuezer, February 4, 1777. 

Moulton, widow, Elizabeth, May 17, 1801, age 91. 

Moulton, George, October 3 or 4, 1787, drowned on his way 
from St. Peters. 

Moulton, Jemima, August 10, 1777. 

Moulton, Col. Jeremy, July 16, 1777. 

Moulton, Mr. Jeremiah, January 9, 1786. 

Moulton, Capt. Jonathan, at Newburyport, February 24, 1807. 

Moulton, Mr. John, April 28, 1803, of consumption. 

Moulton, the wife of John, October 4, 1800. 

Moulton, the wife Col. Johnson, August 4, 1782. 

Moulton, Col. Johnson, June 13, 1793. 

Moulton, widow of Col. Johnson, December 23, 1794. 
Moulton, Jotham, Esq., May 12, 1777. 

Moulton, widow Judith, December 30, 1794. 

Moulton, Lydia, daughter of John, May 6, 1802. 



Moulton, the wife of Thomas, February 26, 1803. 

Moulton, the wife of Samuel, January 3, 1789. 

Moulton, Capt. Samuel, September 11 or 12, 1803, on his pas- 
sage from the West Indies. 

Moulton, the wife of William, September 6, 1786. 

Muchmore, the wife of Jefry, December 27, 1782. 

Muchmore, Elizabeth, widow of Jacob, March 25, 1797. 

Norman, Mr. John, March 18, 1793, of palsy. 

Nowell, Mr. Abram, December 24, 1790, of cancer. 

Nowell, Joel, son of Joseph, July 22, 1802. 

Nowell, Col. John, October 12, 1791. 

Nowell, John, 3d son of Thomas, January 19, 1793. 

Nowell, the aged widow Mary, August 6, 1802. 

Nowell, Mr. Thomas, December 8, 1801. 

O'Neal, Mr. James, June 7, 1802. 

Paine, Mr. Daniel, May 25, 1803. 

Parsons, Mr. Elisha, July 26, 1799. 

Parsons, Dea. John, February 14, 1778. 

Parsons, Mr. Joseph, December 4, 1781. 

Parsons, widow Miriam, February 11, 1791. 

Paul, Mr. Jeremy, October, 1779. 

Paul, the wife of Jeremiah, July 29, 1800. 

Paul, Capt. Samuel, December 17, 1793. 

Paul, widow, Mr. H. Sargent's mother, May 6, 1795. 

Perkins, the wife of Samuel, March 7, 1782. 

Perkins, Samuel, July 13, 1788. 

Perkins, William, died of his wound, being shot November 2, 
1781. 

Philbrook, Mr. John, February 9, 1777. 

Philbrook, the aged widow, February 12, 1796. 

Phillips, the aged Mr. Henry, January 24, 1801. 

Plaisted, Joseph, November 2, 1781, being wounded by a gun. 

Pottle, Mr. Christopher, December 25, 1781. 

Preble, Mr. Caleb, April 12, 1791, age 62. 

Preble, Mr. David, February 21, 1802. 

Preble, Mr. Ebenezer, February 18, 1777, of small-pox. 

Preble, Mrs. Hannah, December 17, 1793. 



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Preble, widow, Hepsabeth, September 17, 1785. 
Preble, Mr. Joseph, December 8, 1791. 
Preble, Mrs. Lydia, December 7, 1792. 
Preble, Paul, February 11, 1779. 
Preble, Mr. Peter, May 29, 1790. 
Preble, the wife of Samuel, January 13, 1801. 
Prentice, widow, November 13, 1790. 
Quin, Darby, January 24, 1797. 
Ramsdell, Daniel, February 4, 1796. 
Ramsdell, the wife of Nathaniel, Sen., May 4, 1790. 
Ramsdell, Mr. Nathaniel, March 2, 1800. 

Raynes, Benjamin, son of Robert, November 19, 1791, drowned 
in the eddy. 

Raynes, widow, February 17, 1788, age 99. 

Raynes, the wife of Deacon, March 12, 1798. 

Raynes, the wife of Nathaniel, June 26, 1795, of cancer. 

Raynes, Mr. Nathaniel, September 19, 1802, of lockjaw. 

Raynes, widow of Nathaniel, May 22, 1797. 

Raynes, Capt. Robert, November 5, 1793. 

Raynes, Sally, May 19, 1799, of cancer. 

Ritchie, the wife of Matthew, November 8, 1779. 

SafFord, the wife of Moses, June 30, 1776. 

Sargent, Andrew, November 4, 1795, age about 20. 

Sargent, Daniel, November 9, 1799. 

Savage, the wife of John, January 9, 1792. 

Savage, Mr. John, October 28, 1798. 

Savage, Rachel, December 20, 1790. 

Savage, Sally, August 27, 1791. 

Sayward, the wife of Ebenezer, January 14, 1781. 

Sayward, Mr. Ebenezer, April 8, 1783. 

Sayward, widow Elizabeth, August 27, 1791. 

Sayward, Daniel, March 3, 1803, consumption. 

Sayward, Mr. Henry, November 20, 1788. 

Sayward, the wife of Jonathan, Esq., September, 12, 1775. 

Sayward, Elder J., May 8, 1797, age 84. 

Sayward, Mary, daughter of Capt. William, October 9, 1803. 

Sayward, Prince, negro, February 3, 1789. 



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Sayward, Sarah, daughtei* of Bethular, August 15, 1790. 
Sayward, "William, jr., May 10, 1801. 

Sellers, Ebeuezer, October 3 or 4, 1787, drowned on the way 
from St. Peters. 

Sellers, Martha, April 26, 1804. 

Sellers, the wife of William, January 6, 1795. 

Sewall, the wife of Hon. David, May 28, 1788. 

Sewall, widow Hannah, July 6, 1799, age 86. 

Sewall, Mr. Henry, November 2, 1792. 

Sewall, the aged widow of Henry, July 27, 1797. 

Sewall, Mr. Joseph, December 12, 1782, of cancer. 

Sewall, Joanna, October 4, 1775. 

Sewall, King, negro, June 8, 1794. 

Sewall, Lucy, daughter of Capt. S. S., September 3, 1802. 

Sewall, the aged widow, Sarah, February 3, 1790. 

Sewall, the wife of Storer, January 14, 1800. 

Shaw, Mr. Joseph, December 30, 1802. 

Sholes, George Perkins, November 22, 1781. 

Simpson, Abigail, December 21, 1776. 

Simpson, the wife of Capt. Ebenezer, October 15, 1804. 

Simpson, the widow Eliza, December 22, 1799. 

Simpson, the widow of Henry, September 22, 1778. 

Simpson, the widow of Henry, September 22, 1784. 

Simpson, the widow of Joseph, July 14, 1781. 

Simpson, the wife of Capt. Joseph, December 10, 1786. 

Simpson, Elder Joseph, November 24, 1798, age 86. 

Simpson, Capt. Joshua, June 9, 1801. 

Simpson, widow, December 13, 1802, age 96. 

Simpson, Mary, July 18, 1777. 

Simpson, the wife of Capt. Timothy, October 5, 1799. 

Simpson, Miss Olive, January 24, 1800. 

Simpson, William, December 25, 1777. 

Smith, the wife of Capt. Edward, December 21, 1804. 

Smith, Lydia, March 13, 1797. 

Smith, widow Sarah, December 8, 1787. 

Stone, widow Abigail, August 30, 1784. 

Stone, the wife of Josiah, October 27, 1797. 



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Stone, Mr. Josiah, October 23, 1804. 

Stover, Mr. Isaac, August 3, 1788. 

Stover, Mr. John, January 24, 1796, suddenly. 

Stover, Richard, son of Joseph and Huldy, October 14, 1788. 

Swett, John, Esq., June 18, 1790. 

Swett, Capt. John. April 17, 1797, of fever. 

Swett, Mr. Joseph, August 29, 1776. 

Swett, Mr. Nathaniel, March 19, 1792. 

Swett, Sarah, an idiot, July 16, 1787. 

Talpey, the wife of Richard, Esq., September 27, 1778. 

Talpey, Richard, Esq., May 19, 1793. 

Thompson, Mr. Daniel, May 19, 1800. 

Thompson, Dodivah Curtis, May 22, 1807. 

Tilton, Abram, December 25, 1786. 

Toppau, widow, July 18, 1783. 

Trafton, Mr. Joseph, May 15, 1790. 

Trafton, Mr. Jotham, November 13, 1804. 

Trafton, widow Lydia, December 30, 1784. 

Trivett, Capt. Richard, July 12, 1793. 

Tucker, Joseph, Esq., September 8, 1804. 

Walton, the wife of Mark, April 1 1, 1785. 

Walton, the wife of Mark, March 4, 1790. 

Weare, Mr. Elias, June 29, 1790. 

Weare, the wife of Mr. Joseph, September, 177S, of small-pox. 

Weare, the wife of Jeremiah, May 14, 1801. 

Weare, Mr. Joseph, October 18, 1791. 

Weare, the wife of Joseph, December 19, 1804. 

Webber, Gershon, May 4, 1797. 

Webber, the wife of Nathaniel, October 6, 1782. 

Webber, wife of Nathaniel, September 26, 1789. 

Webber, Mr. Nathaniel, June 11, 1791. 

Weeks, Mr. Josiah, January 19, 1801. 

Welch, Mr. Benjamin, February 17, 1804. 

Welch, Miss Mary, found dead December 12, 1801. 

Welch, widow, April, 1782. 

Welch, the wife of William, June 9, 1791. 



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Whitefield, Mr. George, preached at York, September 27, 1770, 
and died at Newbury, September 30, Sunday morning. 

Whitney, the aged widow, January 15, 1795. 

Whittum, widow Anna, May 5, 1793. 

Whittum, Hannah, November 12, 1802. 

"Whittum, Peter, November 17, 1786. 

Whittum, the wife of Reuben, January 30, 1800. 

Wilson, Mr. Joseph, April 1, 1803. 

Wilson, Dea. Michael, April 26, 1785. 

Wilson, widow, February 10, 1790. 

Wise, the wife of Theodore, September 15, 1786. 

Witham, February 23, 1785. 

Wood, Elizabeth, May 7, 1801. 

Woodbridge, widow Ann, December 12, 1783. 

Woodward, Margaret, March 4, 1801. 

Young, widow Abigail, March 23, 1790. 

Young, Mr. Beniah, Februaxy 2, 1779. 

Young, Elizabeth, September, 1778. 

Young, the wife of Jabez, April !5, 1804. 

Young, Mr, John, January 11, 1803, age 83. 

Young, Mr. John, Jr., March 21, 1797, iu consequence of his 
swallowing a number of pills, as was supposed, and laid out all night. 

Young, the wife of Jonathan, June 26, 1800. 

Young, Mr. Joshua, October 14, 1803. 

Young, Mrs. Mary, May 21, 1804. 

Young, Mr. Masterson, June 16, 1795. 

Young, Mr. Roland, February 9, 1782. 

Young, Mr. Roland, December 7, 1800. 

Young, the wife of Samuel, Jr., January 22, 1802. 

Young, Mrs. Sarah, August 21, 1797, of cancer. 



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